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  USDA Gives Female Farmers a Hand

  By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Nov 2, 2009 8:21 PM ET

  of $639,000 to Albuquerque-based Holistic Management International (HMI) to train first-time female farmers in the northeastern states, according to New Mexico Business Weekly.HMI restores damaged grasslands and improves the health of farms and ranches by advocating for and teaching holisti Read More

  More like this in: New York, Farmers, Texas, Agriculture, Farming, Teaching, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, USDA
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  Man Scarfs Down 33 Burritos in 10 Minutes

  By Sarah Parsons | Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:29 AM ET

  about it.According to a New York Daily News story, professional eater "Humble Bob" Shoudt won the 2009 World Burrito eating championship at the New Mexico State Fair on Friday. For shoveling down 33.5, 4-oz spicy beef burritos, Shoudt took home $1,500 -- and the glory of winning anothe Read More

  More like this in: New York, New York Daily News, Burgers, US, Entertainment, Life & Style, Regional/Local, Events, Food & Drink
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  Happy Trails

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:49 AM ET

  comes marketing your product, it seems the more specific you can be, the better – as evidenced by the best tourism gimmick we’ve heard of yet: New Mexico’s Green Chili Cheeseburger Trail. We’re guessing the regular cheeseburger trail was taken up by some other city? Photo courtesy Ke Read More

  More like this in: India, Washington, Mexico, Vacation, tourism, Civil Rights, Vermont, Arizona, Indiana, Alabama, Pennsylvania
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  The Illusory Glass Ceiling

  By Lisa Germinsky | Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:53 AM ET

  that women have created their own proverbial glass ceiling?A new study conducted by Scott Taylor, an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico Anderson School of Management, reveals that woman are three times more likely to underestimate how their boss' value their work a Read More

  More like this in: Associated Press, College, University of Houston, US, Business
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  Sustainable Couch Surfing Around the U.S.: Part 1

  By Guest Blogger | Tue Jul 7, 2009 11:57 AM ET

  for us. Since we left home nearly two weeks ago, we have traveled through Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California. We've had more than a few memorable experiences along our way. Near the beginning, we had seve Read More

  More like this in: California, United States, India, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Tennessee
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  Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:49 PM ET

  For instance, in Utah, collecting rainwater from the roof is forbidden unless the roof owner also owns water rights on the ground. Yet in parts of New Mexico, like Santa Fe, rainwater catchment (the technical term) is mandatory for new homes.So congratulations Colorado. All you rain catchers ca Read More

  More like this in: New York, The New York Times, Water, Mexico, Colorado, Denver, US, Politics & Policy
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  Drips Drop Outmoded Water Collection Laws

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:55 PM ET

  today's world, most of us have been encouraged to conserve every drop of water. Most of us, that is, outside of the states of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. For hundreds of years, homeowners in these "four corner" states have been forbidden to collect the rain that falls onto thei Read More

  More like this in: New York, The New York Times, Colorado, Arizona, US, Science, Regional/Local, Environment
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  Space Virgins

  By David Jenison | Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  they were trying to upset "X-Files" fans by building it so far from Roswell, the station will be the hub for Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who was on hand for the celebration, was clearly happy to see the world's first commercial spaceport come to hi Read More

  More like this in: Space, Richard Branson, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Virgin Galactic, Spaceport America, Travel, Destinations, Leisure Travel
• Geeks Rejoice: SpacePort America Is Underway

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:35 AM ET

  first facility built specifically for space-bound commercial customers and fee-paying passengers." Appropriately, the SpacePort will be built in New Mexico, the state in which aliens purportedly landed in 1947 (at Roswell). Impressively, the State of New Mexico will be footing the $198 millio Read More

  More like this in: Space, tourism, Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic, Spaceport America, Business, Science, Travel, Good Ideas, Space, Innovation & Discovery, Destinations, Leisure Travel
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  Step Up: Celebrate the Solstice with a Fresh Start Ritual!

  By Catherine Lincoln | Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:00 AM ET

  the Solstice. Some even left megalithic astronomical monuments like Stonehenge in England, Newgrange in Ireland, and the Sun Dagger in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, created by the Pueblo Indians. Most research indicates that the rituals and festivals around the Winter Solstice were started out of Read More

  More like this in: England, Festivals, Ireland, Solstice, Stonehenge, Life & Style